This page relates to the introduction of psychology mofos!
Fo shiz yall's
We iz gunna bust some psychology up in 'ere!
I'mma gonna pop a cap in psych's ass!
Word homie
Yo! Biased samples are wack!
Big Snoop Dogg wanna make Psych sweat (insert heavy synth beats here, shiz-buckets)
Qualitative Research
Descriptions, words, pictures
persons thoughts, feelings or behaviour
focus groups
Quantitative data
pre existing groups
variable can not be controlled
Experimental Investigation
random allocation
cause and effect
controlled variable
two groups
Biological level – chemical and hormones affecting feelings and thought. E.g. hearts rate etc.
Basic Process level – common to all people.
Person level – individual difference
Socio-Cultural - Differences between social and cultural groups. (I'm refraining from a Sam example)
independent variable: The manipulated variable which a researcher uses to see what effects it has on participants.
dependent variable: The measured variable. The results are measured by the researcher to see the effects of the independent variable.
extraneous variable: The varible that can change the dependent variable, this is not the independent variable.
validity: The degree to which a research study has produced results that accurately measures the variables. Does the test claiming to measure awesomeness really measure awesomeness? If it measured sexiness instead, it would not be valid.
reliability: How reliable the results of the experiment are compared to previous experiments. Can the awesomeness test provide consistent awesome results for Chris if he were to take it repeatedly at different times? If yes, then it is a reliable test.
representative sample: A sample which represents a targeted group.
biased sample: when a sample does not represent the whole population
Ethics informed consent: written consent, must know aim of research voluntary participation: willing participants, must not be forced deception: must know the truth about the research debriefing: reveal truth about research, chance to discuss in detail withdrawal: participant has the right to leave the investigation at any time confidentiality: participants results can not be linked to their identity professional conduct: people must act in an acceptable manner no lasting harm: cannot cause lasting psychological or physiological damage
Intro to Psych
This page relates to the introduction of psychology mofos!Fo shiz yall's
We iz gunna bust some psychology up in 'ere!
I'mma gonna pop a cap in psych's ass!
Word homie
Yo! Biased samples are wack!
Big Snoop Dogg wanna make Psych sweat (insert heavy synth beats here, shiz-buckets)
Qualitative Research
- Descriptions, words, pictures
- persons thoughts, feelings or behaviour
- focus groups
Quantitative dataExperimental Investigation
Biological level – chemical and hormones affecting feelings and thought. E.g. hearts rate etc.
Basic Process level – common to all people.
Person level – individual difference
Socio-Cultural - Differences between social and cultural groups. (I'm refraining from a Sam example)
independent variable: The manipulated variable which a researcher uses to see what effects it has on participants.
dependent variable: The measured variable. The results are measured by the researcher to see the effects of the independent variable.
extraneous variable: The varible that can change the dependent variable, this is not the independent variable.
validity: The degree to which a research study has produced results that accurately measures the variables. Does the test claiming to measure awesomeness really measure awesomeness? If it measured sexiness instead, it would not be valid.
reliability: How reliable the results of the experiment are compared to previous experiments. Can the awesomeness test provide consistent awesome results for Chris if he were to take it repeatedly at different times? If yes, then it is a reliable test.
representative sample: A sample which represents a targeted group.
biased sample: when a sample does not represent the whole population
Ethics
informed consent: written consent, must know aim of research
voluntary participation: willing participants, must not be forced
deception: must know the truth about the research
debriefing: reveal truth about research, chance to discuss in detail
withdrawal: participant has the right to leave the investigation at any time
confidentiality: participants results can not be linked to their identity
professional conduct: people must act in an acceptable manner
no lasting harm: cannot cause lasting psychological or physiological damage